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Palestinian from Gaza reportedly killed fighting for ISIS near Aleppo
Before reaching Syria, Amer Abu Ghoula was reportedly sentenced to a year in prison in Gaza for aiding those behind the kidnapping and murder of Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni.
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Report: Israel targeted upgraded anti-aircraft systems in Syria in late October
Satellite imagery from the day of Israel’s most recent attack in Syria indicates that S-125 anti-aircraft systems that were possibly in the process of being upgraded were targeted.
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Syria
A regime airstrike in Aleppo killed Youssef al-Abbas, commander of the Qatari-backed al-Tawhid Brigades. Hassan Nazrallah, the head of Hezbollah, said the group would not withdraw from Syria so long as the Assad regime needed it. The Jaish al Islam, a rebel coalition linked to Saudi Arabia, issued a call for foreign fighters; a jihadist research group questioned the move. Regime forces clashed with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, the Al Nusrah Front, al-Khadra’ battalion, Maghawir Baba A’mru brigade, and rebels outside Mahin in Homs. An ISIS suicide bomber detonated near Hasel in Aleppo. Protests near ISIS…
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Al-Qaeda-linked rebels apologize after cutting off head of wrong person
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Syria
The head of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party claimed that Kurdish militias have killed some 3,000 Salafists. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham issued a call for all Muslims and factions to come to the front as the group lost many fighters in recent clashes in Aleppo, and threatened to disarm or take to sharia court those armed groups and fighters who do not respond to the call. Regime forces dropped explosive barrels on parts of Tal Hasel in Aleppo that are controlled by ISIS, the Al Nusrah Front, and rebels. ISIS reportedly killed and decapitated a fighter…
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Hezbollah
Hardened in Syrian war, Hezbollah presents new set of threats
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Lebanon
Syria war leads to rise of kidnappings in Lebanon
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Syria
Private Donors’ Funds Add Wild Card to War in Syria
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Syria
Islamist and al Qaeda-linked forces in Aleppo reportedly issued a declaration yesterday calling on fighters to come to the fronts to help repel an alleged offensive by regime, Hezbollah, and Iraqi Abu al-Fadl Abbas forces to retake Aleppo. The Syrian National Coalition named a provisional government for rebel-held areas, to be based in Gazientep, Turkey. Syrian Kurds in the northeast announced the formation of a “transitional civil administration for the area of Western Kurdistan-Syria.” A Palestinian Liberation Organization delegation is trying to broker a truce for the besieged Yarmouk refugee camp. Fighting raged in Damascus suburbs.
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Saudi Arabia
Women among the biggest losers in Arab Spring
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Syria
As son heads to Syrian front, family in Germany plots kidnapping to bring him back
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British officials discuss ‘rising’ al Qaeda threat during testimony
Top British intelligence and security officials testified to the “rising” threat of al Qaeda last week. One official explained that there have been 34 terrorist plots in Britain since the 7/7 bombings and most of these have ties to al Qaeda groups overseas. The officials also expressed concern over al Qaeda’s growing presence inside Syria.
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Syria
A suicide truck bomb near the Kurdish Red Crescent in Aleppo killed 11 civilians and injured over 23 more. Fighting raged in Aleppo between regime and Hezbollah forces and Islamist fighters; and between Kurdish forces and Islamists. In Hasakah, the Al Nusrah Front is said to have beheaded two men, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham reportedly killed six civilian bus drivers. ISIS detained the head of the sharia council in Ma’dan in Raqqah. Kurdish YPG fighters clashed with ISIS, Al Nusrah, and rebel fighters in Raqqah near al-Jalbiya. ISIS reportedly shot a sheikh from a sharia…
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Al Qaeda
The sons feared lost to al Qaeda in Syria
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Jordan
Syria rebels recruit at refugee camp
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Syria
Exclusive: West scorns Assad ‘shopping list’ for chemical convoys
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Iraq keeps eye on Kurd-jihadist battle in Syria
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Iran
John Kerry’s Middle East dream world
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Syrians on Both Sides of the War Increasingly See Assad as Likely to Stay
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Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, the Al Nusrah Front, and allied rebels retook the 80th Brigade army base near Aleppo airport from regime forces, who had captured it earlier this week. ISIS reportedly released the assistant to the Al Nusrah Front’s emir for Raqqah but kept the emir, who has been detained for the past 45 days. Regime forces allowed besieged residents of Qudsaiya in Reef Dimashq to obtain food supplies.
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Syria
Journalists in Syria face growing risk of kidnap
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Syria
The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood announced plans to form Waad, a new political party in which a third of its membership will be allocated to Muslim Brotherhood members, a third to Islamists, and another third to liberal and nationalistic figures. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham destroyed the al-sheikh Bandar shrine in Raqqah. ISIS executed eight Alawite civilians in Hama, including four children and two women. ISIS and rebels clashed with regime forces and Popular Committees in Hama. Regime forces backed by NDF and Hezbollah fighters battled ISIS and rebels near Aleppo International Airport, capturing large parts of a…
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Syria
Regime and Hezbollah forces recaptured the strategic rebel-held suburb of Sbeineh, south of Damascus, effectively cutting off much of the supply line for rebels in southern Damascus. Kurdish YPG forces took over two more villages in Hasakah after clashes with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham, the Al Nusrah Front, and allied rebels. The OPCW said it has verified the inoperability of one of the two remaining chemical weapons sites on its list, with “sealed cameras used by Syrian personnel” at the northern Aleppo site. Samantha Power, the US’ envoy to the UN, accused the Assad regime of…
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Hezbollah
Hezbollah is expanding its reach into Middle East
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Free Syrian Army
Antakya, Turkey: Next Door to War, There’s Money to Be Made
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Afghanistan
Syrians boost Stockholm population growth
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Pakistan
Saudi Arabia’s Shadow War
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Inside Syrian town living under al Qaeda reign of fear
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Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham executed a male nurse accused of spying for Turkish intelligence, and tried to destroy a monument to freedom in Raqqah. An air force intelligence officer was killed by a suicide car bombing at an intelligence headquarters in al-Sweida province along with eight other soldiers. Ahrar al Sham fighters ambushed regime soldiers in Homs. An explosion in central Damascus killed at least seven people and wounded dozens more.
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham
Gaza jihadists take their fight to Syria
